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Sep 16, 2026, 10:04 PM

The court left one way to draft haredi men

Against a hundred thousand files, 1,104 men is what the state managed with everything it had. Illustrative image. (Mitzpe Institute)

The High Court struck down the arrest shield on 3 September. Nine justices found the legislative process defective enough to void the statute, and eight of them went further: a law that lifts criminal enforcement off one group while...

Sep 16, 2026, 4:54 AM

NAZA, Collateral Murder, and Barbara Streisand

Boeing AH-64 Apache flying over Baghdad, Iraq.
Photo by Ahodges7 – "Apache over Baghdad". Marked as public domain, more details on Wikimedia Commons.

In 2010, WikiLeaks uploaded a compilation of leaked video that they entitled Collateral Murder. It details the killing of Iraqi Reuters employees by the US military after having mistakenly identified them as combatants as well as two other attacks...

Sep 15, 2026, 3:23 PM

25 Minutes of Shame: What Venice’s Standing Ovation for ‘NAZA’ Got So Wrong

I watched a room full of people in Venice give a twenty-five-minute standing ovation to two Israeli filmmakers for their documentary "NAZA." I can no longer stay silent. I am a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. I have served...

Sep 15, 2026, 12:15 AM

Twenty-five minutes of applause is not a verdict

A crowd gives a standing ovation in front of a screen that reads "25:00".(Photo by ChatGPT)

The filmmakers are not traitors. But Venice is not a court, and an ovation cannot establish what happened in Gaza

Melissa Uchiyama

Sep 14, 2026, 9:43 AM

When Lyr Returned: Our First Sweet New Year without Hostages

Author's photo of Lyr, back nearly 3 years later

Two nights ago in Tokyo, we hosted 50 Israelis for Erev Rosh Hashanah. This is the norm since opening our home to Israelis some 3.5 years ago and becoming what has become an Israeli heart in Tokyo. Any given...

Chava (Patricia) Kadoche

Sep 11, 2026, 5:45 PM

The Soul and the Shield

When I turned away from politics and back to Tanach, I discovered that our greatest teachers may have been pointing us toward partnership all along. בֵּאלֹהִים נַעֲשֶׂה־חָיִל וְהוּא יָבוּס צָרֵינוּ “Through God we shall act valiantly, and He will trample our...

Sep 11, 2026, 1:34 PM

Rushing forward, seized with fear

At the 9/11 memorial on the west side of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on September 11, 2023, many civilians came to commemorate the US Department of Defense staff and rescue workers who were killed in a terrorist attack 22 years ago. (iStock)

Crises like the terror attacks of 9/11 summon us with the trumpet of bravery and the still, small voice of love, as we write our stories with our deeds (Rosh Hashanah)

Shayna Goldberg

Sep 10, 2026, 10:13 PM

‘Do you think Hezbollah has a parents’ visiting day?’

Parents day at the Nachal training base. (courtesy)

“Do you think Hezbollah has a parents’ visiting day?” My husband’s response to the invitation was only half a joke. A month ago, we sent our second son off to the army. There is something particularly difficult about sending a child like...

Sep 10, 2026, 5:06 PM

Confessing our communal sins for the New Year

Courtesy of Ayin Tova Cartoons

As much as we need to hold ourselves accountable individually for our shortcomings, we also belong to groups that should, likewise, take a frank look at the values and actions they support. These groups — of which we are...

Sep 9, 2026, 2:24 PM

For a generation shaped by Oct. 7, service may not end with the army

There's a question I've been asked more times than I can count, usually by diaspora Jews visiting Israel for the first time or by those keen to write their own "Startup Nation" pieces: where does it all come from? The...

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